#5656C8#5656C8

#5656C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.173 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656C8
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 32.92, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 68.09, 298.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.0255 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.173 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5876, 12.8029, 56.1768)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656C8 #C8C856

analogous

#568FC8 #5656C8 #8F56C8

triadic

#5656C8 #C85656 #56C856

tetradic

#5656C8 #C8568F #C8C856 #56C88F

square

#5656C8 #C8568F #C8C856 #56C88F

split-complementary

#5656C8 #C88F56 #8FC856

monochromatic

#28287B #3737AA #5656C8 #8484D7 #B2B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#5656C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#5656C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656C8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656C8	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#137186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.173 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9085d9',
    500: '#5656c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656c8;
$custom-light: #9085d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51725,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656C8

secondary

#D4D4A5

accent

#DA4DDA

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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